How to Use percentile in a Sentence

percentile

noun
  • His height and weight are in the 80th percentile for boys his age.
  • Once again, Nvidia scored in the top percentile.
    — Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • His ground ball rate was in the 67th percentile.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That ranked in the 38th percentile.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This week’s storms took the state to about the 20th percentile.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Among bigs, his shot rate at the rim is in the 88th percentile.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2021
  • Caucasian kids like mine tend to land in the higher percentiles.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • It was ranked in the fourth percentile among Michigan schools last year.
    — Erin Einhorn, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2017
  • Last year, Martínez ranked in the 70th percentile in whiff rate.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Its one-year trailing return is in the eighth percentile.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That ranked in the 96th percentile of all pitchers.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • His sprint speed is in the 58th percentile this season.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • This season, all four teams sit above the 90th percentile.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Chris tends to have light eyes and is in the 99th percentile of jawline strength.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 8 June 2017
  • Our tester’s son, who is in the 99th percentile for height, never seemed squished.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That would rank him in the 75th percentile of hitters this season.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Hedge fund net leverage is running at the 85th percentile of the last five years.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • His 34-inch arms were in the 71st percentile of his rookie class.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Species richness in these gardens scored in the 86th percentile or above.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In math, fourth graders scored at the 32 percentile and eighth graders at 29 percent.
    — Author: Naomi Klouda, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • That doesn’t mean Nvidia is in the top percentile (which would be the 99th percentile).
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Just two states qualify at the 75th percentile.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Bucks only took 21% of their shots at the rim tonight, which is 8th percentile.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Oubre has finished in the 73rd percentile or higher in steal rate in each of the last four seasons.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That dispersion falls in the 97th percentile of the past 30 years.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Even Trocheck’s max skating speed hit the 99th percentile last season.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Elsewhere, the limit must be set near the 85th percentile of free-flow traffic.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In the 10th percentile, the drop was a staggering 25 points.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Healy was reading directly from a sheet of paper with numbers and percentiles.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 June 2026
  • That ranks in the 95th percentile, according to Miyakawa.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026

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